What's happening in the world next week

Reports say the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's top leader Kim Jong-un may visit Russia next week, NATO shows its military might in giant exercises, UK's autumn budget date falls before crunch Brexit talks, India and Japan will finalize a base sharing pact and Moldovan President Igor Dodon will visit Russia to restore relations.

These political events will be under the spotlight for the week starting Oct 29.

Kim Jong-un's Russia visit on agenda

Efforts are underway to agree on the dates for Kim Jong-un's visit to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin, Russian News Agency TASS reported.

"There are no such plans yet," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked whether a meeting between the two leaders was planned next week.

"Putin will have a fairly busy week,” he said. “Work to agree on the dates for Kim Jong-un's visit continues,” Peskov added.

The DPRK leader earlier received an invitation from Putin to pay a visit to Russia. It is expected to take place before US midterm elections on Nov 6, Russian newspaper reports.